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(Apr 24, 2025)

QTL 16703 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Abdominal fat percentage Vertebrate Trait Ontology: Abdominal fat pad mass
Reported name: Abdominal fat percentage Product Trait Ontology: n/a
Symbol: ABFP Clinical Measurement Ontology: Abdominal fat pad weight to body weight ratio
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:10
QTL Peak Location:75.5 (cM)
QTL Span:0.00-100.00 (cM)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:
Analysis type:Association
Model tested:Mendelian
Test base:Experiment-wise
Threshold significance level:Significant
P_values0.0008
Dominance effect:n/a
Additive effect:n/a
Associated Gene:MFGE8 (milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 protein)
Cis/Trans acting type:
Links:   NCBI GeneDB  |  Edit  |   Map view

 Extended information:
(none)

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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Birds were from an F2 population based on broiler lines divergently selected for fatness.
     Breeds associated:
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    Design:Birds were genotyped for SNPs in 53 genes and analyzed for fatness and/or body weight.
    Analysis:Chi-square tests and t-tests were used.
    Software:JMP5
    Notes: 
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     Reference
    Authors:Twito T, Madeleine D, Perl-Treves R, Hillel J, Lavi U
    Affiliation:Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO-Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel
    Title:Comparative genome analysis with the human genome reveals chicken genes associated with fatness and body weight
    Journal:Animal Genetics, 2011, 42(6):642-9
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL16703 was published in 2011, and was curated into QTLdb on 2012-04-16. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:16703

     

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